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    Posted: June 01 2006 at 6:15pm
Last night in Sandy we had a power brown out type thing and it fried my (3) 250 watt Coralvue ballasts. Is there anything I can do temporarily light my tank to save the life of some of my corals until i can get my ballasts fixed or replaced.
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Try unplugging them, let them sit for a few hours, and then try turning them back on. MHs need to sit for a while before they are able to turn on again.

Sorry if you have already tried this....
    

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Remember in the movie Legend how Tom Cruise set up mirrors to shoot sunlight at the devil guy?
 
Maybe you could do that.
 
I hope Adam's suggestion works.


Edited by Jared Wood - June 02 2006 at 10:02am
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth ... then He let it cycle.

Have you read my dinosaur theory yet?
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Eric at Marine Aquatics took the time to help me out.
All is well!
I sure do love excellent customer service.
Thanks Eric.Smile
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so what happened? .. where your ballasts fried?
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One was fried. The other two had a hidden (hidden to me anyway) fuse that had blown. Guess the fuses did there job on two anyway. 
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